and that see. al-jazeera world explores the impact of climate change and a catastrophic human error. in senegal sinking villages. libya's u.n. backed government says it's aiming to recapture the city of sirte for more logically for half task forces hours after taking control of several other key towns. well you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the back t. ball also ahead we national lead. the n.f.l. apologizes for not listening to players earlier protests about racial injustice in the wake of george voice death in police custody thousands have been taking part in

black lives matter protests across australia to honor floyd and denounce racial injustice at home and the warnings of a bleak chance for peace between israel and palestinians because of israeli plans to an expansion of the occupied west bank. thank you very much for joining us libya's u.n. recognized government says it's capturing more towns as it drives fighters loyal to warlord holly for half time out of western libya the government has announced an offensive to recapture the city of sirte is the hometown of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and a half to a stronghold the offensive comes hours after government troops reach of the town of bani walid have task forces have lost control of the city of tire who are now on friday it was a launch pad for their 14 month failed offensive to capture the capital tripoli but

fighters loyal to the wall owed continued to command areas of the oil which east and south let's bring in our libya correspondent mom or dad while hard who joins us from tripoli mahmoud let's start with the offensive on search for us what more you hearing what's happening there. we have just been told by a military sources with a government of national cord now near the syrian city confirming that the government forces are vance ing and they also have to his forces in sight tripoli are being now there was through and got from the city especially after the government to announce had this military offensive to be captured in the city the military sources also say that. have to reserve a warplanes it targeted their locations this morning 2 times. no casualties

have been reported the city of. venice which because it to links western libya was eastern libya and also its location on the coast and its proximity to the oil minister nations and oil fields in the oil slick chris into area. the government forces have been sending good enforcement from the city especially from the city of misrata to the front lines in and around and wished. and blue green tower and about 120 kilometers east of the city of misrata they say that have to his forces that is distance there is being decreased it dramatically due to the advancement of the government forces heavy weapons and drones they say that they are determined to recapture the city of city it

a very it's one that's according to the government or military sources that this strategic. this strategic city of city it as you know fully has been occupied by forces for the past 5 months and the government forces say that they are determined to be captured and even chase have to the forces for the cells to military bases a strong hold for half his forces in central libya mahmud this is all happening while general highly for have ties said to be in egypt what more do we know about that. well it's been reported that this visit comes in terms of how to the forces to save himself if i may say of his failure to his military camp the failure of his military campaign the 14 months military campaign to take control of the capital

tripoli and this comes also following the major setbacks his forces suffered in the west of libya after the last almost all the worst of libya and now only the city of said it is the only place for them in the worst or in western libya also it has been also reported that have to along with. this speaker of the crew have to be used to parliament met with intelligence and egyptian intelligence and defense defense officials over the past few days that now that meeting with the egyptian president for to his sisi it is expected that the president sisi is expected to announce. a new document to its would be called the egyptian or the k 2 document to solve the. crisis and remember this meeting comes. following the meeting of the. head of the

d.n.a. face. prison. in a couple of days ago we know that egypt is trying to save have to as a major supporter of have to is trying to save him after the failure of his military campaign in the west of the country thank you for that update mahmoud abdel one had our correspondent in tripoli there in other world news up to nearly 2 weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality several u.s. states are taking steps to reform controversial police practices in minneapolis where george florey died while in police custody chokeholds their next restrained a band but as. reports from washington d.c. those policies aren't being implemented. it all sounds very promising almost 2 weeks since george floyd was killed after a minneapolis police officer spent nearly 9 minutes pinning him to the ground by

his neck police forces around the country are vowing reform i really believe for the 1st time in our history we have an opportunity to really make change that we've never made it for george floyd's death has really touched a nerve like we have not seen. several police departments including minneapolis of bound police from using true colds california will stop teaching its state police the technique across this country we train techniques on strangleholds that put people's lives a risk now we can argue that these are used as exceptions but at the end of the day karate hold that literally is designed to stop people's blood from flowing into their brain that has no place any longer than 21st century. practices police see. the problem is many of the most notorious cases of police misconduct over the last several years including the death of george floyd have occurred in departments

that on paper at least had already reformed new york bound chokeholds in 1993 yet police that continue to use them notably during the killing of eric garner in 2014 after that outcry new york police spent $35000000.00 only training officers not to strangle suspects but police complaint records show the practice still being employed with few officers disciplined and in fact minneapolis police reformed in 2016 among the new rules a requirement for officers to intervene if their colleagues used excessive force 3 officers now stand accused of aiding and abetting george floyd's murder the site of police officers taking in needy in sympathy with protesters this week has been taken as a sign that finally change is coming this was the scene in buffalo new york on wednesday yet one of those same officers knocked over an elderly protester the

following day as others who had also knelt with protesters walked by now 57 buffalo police officers have resigned because of the disciplinary action taken against 2 officers as a result of the incident they argue that those officers have been suspended were just doing their job and that question what exactly is the job of a police officer might be a good place to start if police violence is truly to be addressed she ever turned see al-jazeera meanwhile n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell has apologized for the way the u.s. football league has handled players protests against racial injustice and police brutality collin cap'n ache and others began kneeling in 2016 as the national anthem was spayed and next year bryant has. when n.f.l. quarterback colin kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem 4 years ago the move divided the sport and the country in some corners he was celebrated for highlighting issues of police

brutality and systemic racism people are really feeling they're actually men and really feeling like you know what this might not be something i experience ideally basis but it's not right that these other people are going through this but by others he was criticized threatened he lost his job with the san francisco 49 ers and hasn't been hired sense now the head of the u.s. football league has admitted it mishandled the situation with the national football league image we were wrong for not listening to n.f.l. players earlier and encourage all to speak out peacefully protests. really the national. believe lives matter the race relations are especially explosive in the u.s. right now like me going to get married right. now and the act of kneeling has taken on new significance since george floyd died in minneapolis after

a police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds as he begged for air is venting. the n.f.l. apology follows the release of a video by several players who included the specific demand that the n.f.l. say black lives matter what would it take for one of us to be murder about police brutality was through the mind organizer of the players video michael thomas of the new orleans saints has praised the n.f.l. though some believe the apology isn't sincere it's looks like more p.r. he's responding to what players have said matches the players started all wrong calling happening he never mentions calling government you midges the players this is what you know roger goodell is afraid that the same protests that of our cities across america were in a fill stadiums with you know all season to games more than any other leg the n.f.l. has struggled with the issue of race 3 courses of its players african-american but

nearly every team owner is white u.s. president donald trump has previously called on owners to fire any players who knelt during the anthem one of his latest weights and caps with no kneeling evidence of america's deeply felt divisions the football league now hoping its sports can help bring the country together and brian al-jazeera. thousands of people have protested across australia in a show of solidarity with the us and to oppose the deaths of indigenous people in police custody the organizers of the brock lives matter movement in sydney won a court of appeal to hold the demonstrations legally the government had to racially banned the rally because of 1000 restrictions on mass gatherings taken to gauges in sydney she says those of attended the demonstrations have been speaking out against a number of issues they're starting to dissipate now we're reaching the end of the day here in australia but this is

a rally that was only deemed all full over the minutes before it was due to start but huge numbers of protesters had already been demonstrating hours before that police had wanted to cancel the event saying that it could contravene barbarous kill orders a court appeal was one and thousands of people ended up marching the streets of sydney from town halls through to a park here next to central station and it has been a peaceful protest they haven't only been showing solid solidarity for the black lives massive movement in the united states but also protesting against aboriginal deaths in custody in the strangely of indigenous australians and i simply or you've heard represented in the prison system here they make up less than 5 percent of the population but account for about 27 percent of the people in prison and these are the kind of issues the protesters have been speaking about today. we want to take

you now live to cairo where egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is currently holding a news conference with the libyan warlord tiny for half time and also the head of. the book parliament in libya let's listen in to this news conference which is coming as the u.n. backed government in libya has launched an offensive to retake the town of sirte i have to stronghold in libya the government forces have already taken a number of towns from the warlord and is now in egypt talking with the egyptian president last listening to them where turn to the libyan affair and he supports the police. in fighting terrorism the elected libyan members of parliament he says that everywhere you know. we

hear what the president says she talked a lot about this. that when the libyan moved to the tripoli his lot a big fight in the libyans taking the power he moved to tripoli to fight terrorists to fight the terrorist organizations even the government of sort of the. does nothing in this regard so this is the costs of the libyan army to fight the terrorist groups and to get rid of these. military militias in and out of coming down the road with them when the us army was about to take care of the whole capital turkey has now more than 10000 terrorists and mercenaries from syria and the from turkey and you

know. that war with iraq would be to everyone the use of power must be there so. we need to respond to and the arabs to our brothers. and we have taken the step backward in old to stop the fighting and to accept the truce a computer but until now the other party that doesn't commit itself to the truce that as we have seen then the shit of the initiative and my goals with the traditions of the libyan people since the start of the state in 1951 also the initiative goes with the libyan constitution and the executive

power is a president and to that and vice president and prime minister this will go for one year and a half globally extended to most 6 months no one will be marginalized and this initiative has been accepted by the security council because it was one of the outcomes of the berlin come from so it's call wrecked as we understand it in libya and according to the libyan constitution and according to what has been said in the outcome of the girl in the conference most often it's correct it's right here but this doesn't mean that the army could not fire terrorist and terrorism everywhere we need to fire these militias we need to expel these militias from the capital in order to unify all of the

institutions that the all. sacked. and the financial sector we will go quickly to have our constitution and to have our presidential. yes yes elections and. every power we get. share. in this process you know no one will be marginalized and i believe begins to forget about the past and i urge the political. powers others to take a step backward in order to deed together as leaders because you know that part as have different approaches and different the genders but now we are all building our common traits and then we when we have the constitution and we have the state then

everyone has to compete for whatever you wish or the leaves root corporate together in order to get rid of this crisis with the support of egypt and with the support of the great president of egypt thank you very much. the floor is not full mr have to talk to you. in the name of a lot of. your accident see the president of egypt but not the c.c. . at the very beginning i'd like to express my thanks and appreciation for inviting us to visit the arab republic of egypt and i'd like to thank you for the hospitality that we have seen you. we appreciate your efforts. here for the support of the libyan national army.

in its fire its again this terrorism and the crimean their militias we will expel them mercenaries from libya for that shaving the hopes and aspirations of the libyan people to the libyan people to have a new day of prosperity and this will be reflected positively to the neighboring. countries and to the region as a whole. the libyan national army is trying to restore the country we need to expel that turks from our cum tray we need to stop them from thinking about the dream of the heritage in libya and the turks have occupied so many. and we need to follow the steps of egypt in fighting terrorism and in supporting their brothers in the arab world for the

sake of the arab nation and this law make nation and the regional security you mr president. is among those people who continue their efforts in old that to prove how strong and how free and how willing you are to see your people on the or a lot of people as free people enjoying their lives that's why you proved that you are a real support to your brothers in libya that's why mr president let me tell you in the following that intervention in the libyan conflict will cories the polarization in libya within the framework of supporting the non-constitutional. government with more weapons and missin the resists

this will also increase polarization in the region around libya because there is a sort of conflict between most of the countries big involved in this libyan matter that this will prolong the conflict and this will not lead the luck lead to ways to sort out the problems and this will postpone. the hopes of building the new libyan country that's why we hope your excellent simister president will exert more efforts to let me stop moving mercenaries and weapons to libya and to return back those people libya to their own countries where they come from if.

their presence is dangerous on the libyan security situation and the region as a whole. turkey wants to put blockade on leave and age of via i know you really meant sorry and recently to invade and abuse the territories the walters the space of libya and this has negatively affected the stability in libya the unity of libya and the national security in egypt here turkey is supporting terrorism and in front of the whole world. terrorists from a place to another in the middle east and in north africa and this

will increase and we complicate more and more the crises in libya you know the national lead been army general command has positively dealt with the whole situation is committed to the outcome of the 1000000000 conference has taken part of the 5 plus 5. talks say we have participated in 5 important rounds of talks with full responsibility to get rid of the problems the political security problems in my country the other party. was not committed at all it has not committed itself a tool to everything because there are pressures practiced on them by other parties that's why we work hard to achieve certain clear.

represented in the following we stress the unity sovereignty and the integrity of its territories to put and then then get trained on the terrorist militias and groups and. 3rd to hold for me and my dialogue to be held immediately for all of the libi and to participate the tribes the politicians the activists the end deal was the youths with the. women representatives to be there in the dialogue in order to have that sort of by the die alone to produce and you presume then surely council to form a new government that will be

a bill to offer the citizens with the best verses this should be approved by the. parliament we need to notify the libyan central bank and the lead been a national oil establishment in order to guarantee their just distribution of the wealth going on. right we've been listening there to the libyan warlord honey for have tahu speaking in cairo alongside egypt's president abdel fattah sisi and also the head of the 2 book based upon a mentor in eastern libya. both are going. to highly for have time on the same side in the libyan conflict supported by the egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi. have time to cairo coming at a time where when his troops are on the back foot inside libya the un backed

government forces in libya have recaptured a number of key towns from the libyan warlord and have just recently launched an offensive on a search which used to be of course the hometown of the former libyan leader moammar qaddafi and now i have tossed strong hold a news conference there from cairo let's bring in our correspondent mahmud abdel wide who is in tripoli for us the timing of this news conference certainly a very significant and important one given that have time his forces really on the back foot in many towns in libya his message was clear have time mahmoud he talked about the need to expel foreign troops from libya and citing turkey in particular. definitely fully because as you know this 3 of them. the speaker of. the parliament and the egyptian president are different susi the 3

of them mentioned they're blaming. foreign powers for failing that attempt to take control of the capital tripoli both have to and named turkey dejection president said it foreign. backers as you know that that's because turkey. has shifted the power of balance on the ground in favor of the government of national court the government of national court it says that the whole this visit the whole this whole initiative is an attempt to save have to that's why it does not find it listening years at least for the time being in in the western a camp led by the government of national court the government says that the corporation the military corporation was circular which it has shifted the power of balance has saved the government forces and brought the momentum back to the

government is it by virtue of an official agreement at military and security agreement. sealed between. the government of national court and the. government in november last year and the government says that as it is the government representing libya in front of the international community so it has the right to strike a deal with the other government other foreign governments as long as it is defending the capital city again as to what it calls the aggravation by the military campaign led by forces loyal to the warlord plea for have that it's ironic what we have heard in this press conference it's ironic that the egyptian president . is distressing on sticking to the international. from the united nations old school from the lean and geneva meetings but at the same time it is

digit should be g.m. that is accused by the government of national accord of for many to this conflict fueling this conflict by by by sending get weapons and fighters to have to. ok thank you for that i had a correspondent with an aide to say a friend. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera libyan warlord 24 have tyrion egypt's president abdel fatah have proposed a ceasefire in libya that would come into effects from june 8th when they labeling the cairo agreement calls for the exit of all foreign fighters involved in the libyan conflict and full fair representation of libya's provinces in an elected presidential council this comes as libya's u.n. recognize government says it started an offensive to capture the city of sirte and

these are teaching military base of jew fraud which are major strongholds of have toss forces in central libya government troops have seize a town of bani walid and the nearby city of tire huna as they continue their advance eastwards in other news after nearly 2 weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality several u.s. states are taking steps to reform controversial police practices in minneapolis where george floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes chokeholds and neck restraints have been banned some other states have also forbidden the practice meanwhile all 57 members of a special police unit in buffalo new york have quit to protest the suspension of 2 of their colleagues they were pulled from duty after they push an elderly man to the ground during protests on thursday leaving him with critical injuries the video of the incident also shows a majority of the officers walking past the injured man the crowd control unit says the officers were simply executing orders the n.f.l.

commissioner has apologized for the way the u.s. football league has handled players protests against police brutality following the george of george for death of george floyd goodell says the league will now encourage peaceful protests against racism. and back lies madness protests have been held across australia thousands gathered in sydney where organizes won an 11th hour appeal to hold a demonstration legally a rally had been banned because of cold 1000 restrictions. kosovo's newly sworn in government has lifted all trade restrictions with said kosovo's new prime ministers say is broke a tall so normalised ties could resume a declared independence in 2008 by serbia has been campaigning against its recognition as a state of a sense arab state with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next inside story.

and. hot dogs days numb but the libyan war loses his last stronghold in the west and it turkey's military intervention told the times this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program and its. missions in libya are unraveling quickly warlord launched an offensive 14 months ago to capture the capital tripoli from the un to recognize.